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the influence
the influence August 6, 2022
Gordon Hookey’s epic series MURRILAND! was inspired by Congolese artist Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu’s rewriting of colonial history.
the influence July 30, 2022
For Robert Drewe, Saul Bellow’s novel Herzog opened up the richness of interiority.
the influence July 23, 2022
How memory is embodied in the works of German artist Eva Hesse speaks deeply to Cambodian–Australian artist Allison Chhorn.
the influence July 16, 2022
For Paul Selwyn Norton, seeing Trisha Brown’s Set and Reset as a teenager opened up a new world of dance.
the influence July 9, 2022
A rising star on the international music scene, conductor Andrea Battistoni looks to Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights for divine inspiration.
the influence May 21, 2022
For playwright Morgan Rose, Hofesh Shechter’s dancework Sun opens up the mess and contradictions of being human.
the influence May 14, 2022
For director and playwright Gary Abrahams, the physical expressiveness of Pina Bausch’s dance theatre work Café Müller is a revelation.
the influence May 7, 2022
Solange’s 2016 album A Seat at the Table is a touchstone for musician and visual artist Ripley Kavara.
the influence April 30, 2022
A viewing of Solaris as a child introduced Australian Chamber Orchestra artistic director Richard Tognetti to the power of music in film.
the influence April 23, 2022
For Australian Dance Theatre’s new artistic director, Daniel Riley, William Forsythe’s Three Atmospheric Studies – a dance work about the American occupation of Iraq – was a formative experience.
the influence April 16, 2022
Hamilton’s Cuban–American musical director, Alex Lacamoire, has drawn inspiration from Frédéric Chopin since he was a child.
